Jonelle Lonergan — a product manager from Boston, Massachusetts
Amy Fleenor — an attorney from Columbus, Ohio
Paul Clauson — a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $800 | $8,000 | $21,200 |
$21,099
2-day champion: $36,300 |
$15,200
23 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| Amy | $-1,400 | $0 | $6,800 |
$5,599
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
9 R, 2 W |
| Jonelle | $2,800 | $3,200 | $8,000 |
$15,999
2nd place: $3,000 |
$8,000
12 R, 2 W |
| JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD | A TURN OF LATIN PHRASE | BLACK | SIMOLEONS, MOOLAH, SCRATCH, MONEY | AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM | WICKED |
|
$200
[30]
At 25 James headed Hiram College; in Congress he led the creation of the 1st federal dept. of this, way before the one created in 1979
the Department of Education
Jonelle
|
$200
[28]
Third rank of honors for a college degree, this phrase means "with praise"
cum laude
Paul
|
$200
[27]
If you've got one of these in karate, it's kuro obi in Japanesee
a black belt
Amy
|
$200
[29]
Often following "pounds", this general term for British currency comes from the name of an old silver coin
sterling
Jonelle
|
$200
[6]
Created in the 15th or 16th century, the turquoise mosaic of a2-headed serpentlikely had ritual significance to this people of Mexico
the Aztec
Jonelle
|
$200
[24]
(Cynthina Erivo & Ariana Grande present the clue.) (Cynthia: When Glinda first sees Elphaba, naturally she's startled.)(Ariana: Stating the obvious, she says these two words)
you're green
Paul
|
|
$400
[26]
James was from this Midwest state; years after his death, his widow said to heck with winter & lived out her life in South Pasadena
Ohio
Paul
|
$400
[25]
The motto of the University of North Dakota is the snappy Lux et this, "Light & Law"
Lux et Lex
|
$400
[22]
According to legend it was across the Black Sea that this guy & his Argonauts set out in search of the Golden Fleece
Jason
Amy
|
$400
[3]
The International Monetary Fund calculates value from a "basket" of 4 national currencies & this multinational one
the euro
Paul
|
$400
[7]
Go head to head with a bronze head of this emperor, dating from about the time he began building his famous wall
Hadrian
Amy
|
$400
[23]
(Jeff Goldblum presents the clue.) I play Oz, the Great & Terrible; learning of Elphaba's magical potential, I summon her to this colorful place where's she's accompanied by that, uh, tag-along Glinda
the Emerald City
Paul
|
|
$600
[12]
When Democrats larded vital bills with riders curbing voting rights, JAG got Pres. Hayes to stand firm & stop the first govt. this
shutdown
|
$800
[18]
I'm not saying I'm guilty--let's go with this legal phrase meaning "I'm not arguing with the charges"
nolo contendere
Amy
|
$600
[17]
Hit songs by these heavy metal pioneers include "Iron Man" & "Paranoid", both from 1970
Black Sabbath
Paul
|
$600
[2]
The name of this currency used in India comes from Sanskrit for "silver"
a rupee
Jonelle
|
$600
[9]
The Lewis these are a fascinating window into N. European medieval leisure; the Pepperidge Farm cookies of the same name are good too
Chessmen
Paul
|
$600
[14]
(Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande present the clue.) (Ariana: As roommates at Shiz University, who better than Galinda to teach Elphaba how to be this?) (Cynthia: She says, "Grin and bear it. You'll be" this, just not quite as much as her)
popular
Paul
Jonelle
|
|
$800
[10]
Jim traveled west to the Bitterroot Valley in this not-yet-state & used a forged signature to move the Salish to a reservation
Montana
|
$1,000
[19]
Heard in Ford's Theatre, it's "thus always to tyrants", Latinized
Sic semper tyrannis
Paul
|
$800
[15]
Males of this spider marked by an hourglass sign can be one-fourth the size of females & often get eaten post mating
a black widow
Paul
|
$800
[1]
People mistook Lady Liberty on an old ten-cent piece for a Roman god, leading to this name for thecoin
the Mercury dime
Paul
Amy
|
$800
[8]
Inscribed with a decree about King Ptolemy V, this slab is one of the museum's most famous objects
the Rosetta Stone
Jonelle
|
$800
[5]
(Director Jon Chu presents the clue.) When I first saw "Wicked" before it even hit Broadway I could envision it up on the big screen & now we invite the audience to step inside the magical world of Oz & enjoy this type of 9-letter experience
immersive
Paul
Jonelle
|
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1881 James had a dream that this VP of his drowned & James couldn't save him; months later it was James dead & this man president
Arthur
Amy
Jonelle
|
DD
$3,400
[21]
Carpe diem, yeah, yeah, we've heard it before... now, carpe vinum, meaning this, we can get behind that!
seize the wine
Paul
|
$1,000
[16]
A Muslim object of veneration, the Black Stone of Mecca is built into a wall of this small shrine within the great mosque
the Kaaba
|
$1,000
[4]
The name of this former currency of Portugal came from scutum, Latin for "shield"
escudo
|
$1,000
[13]
One of the oldest objects is a chopping tool from an ancient campsite found by Louis Leakey's team at this Tanzanian gorge
Olduvai Gorge
|
$1,000
[20]
(Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande present the clue.) (Ariana: In "The Wizard of Oz" book & film, the character of Glinda is mentioned by name.)(Cynthia: Elphaba, however, was invented by "Wicked" author Gregory Maguire from the initials of this Oz creator)
L. Frank Baum
Paul
|
| COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | TOUGH 9-LETTER WORDS | HISTORICAL "T" | R&B & SOUL | LITERARY SETTINGS | HEALTHY BODY, HEALTHY MIND |
|
$400
[22]
Telephone directories in this Nordic nation of 400,000 list everyone alphabetically by first name
Iceland
Jonelle
|
$400
[24]
This adjective meaning loathsome is etymologically related to the word horror
abhorrent
Paul
Jonelle
|
$400
[25]
Anthony Bourdain wrote "An Urban Historical" about Ms. Mallon, known by this nickname, who spread disease in N.Y. in the 1900s
Typhoid Mary
Paul
|
$400
[26]
His performance at the 2024 Super Bowl warned: may cause "singing, dancing, sweating, gyrating & possible relationship issues"
Usher
Paul
|
$800
[14]
A town near Hogwarts in the "Harry Potter" franchise; it should be familiar to theme park fans
Hogsmeade
Amy
|
$800
[19]
Many found peace when the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced them to this, TM for short
Transcendental Meditation
Paul
|
|
$800
[21]
This Eastern European country's 2-letter Internet code is .by
Belarus
|
$800
[5]
It means to sear with a hot iron or such in order to close a wound
cauterize
Paul
|
$800
[23]
In 1917 he edited a left-wing tabloid in the East Village months before leading a Russian revolution
Trotsky
Paul
|
$800
[20]
In 1988, this queen of hip-hop soul got her start after recording an Anita Baker cover at a mall in White Plains, New York
Mary J. Blige
Amy
|
$1,600
[13]
Yoknapatawpha County by this novelist, based on Lafayette County in Mississippi
Faulkner
Paul
|
$1,200
[17]
Big at the bottom, small at the top, this strength type of "training" has you lifting lighter weights with more reps early
pyramid
Jonelle
|
|
$1,200
[3]
At around 3,850 feet from base to peak, Cerro Blanconear the city of Nazca in this country is one of the world's tallest sand dunes
Peru
Jonelle
|
$1,200
[4]
If you're friendly & agreeable, especially to eating & drinking, you're this, from the Latin for "live together"
convivial
Jonelle
|
$1,200
[10]
In 11 B.C. this future emperor was forced to divorce his wife & marry the daughter of Augustus
Tiberius
Jonelle
|
$1,200
[9]
2 Detroit Lions helped make the party-like noises at the start of this artist's "What's Going On"
Marvin Gaye
Paul
|
$2,000
[15]
In a 1938 Graham Greene novel, it's followed by "Rock", referring to a type of candy served there
Brighton Rock
|
$1,600
[16]
Something to avoid, a cycle of dwelling on negative feelings is dubbed this, also something a chewing cow is doing
ruminating
Paul
|
|
$1,600
[1]
3 African nations have Guinea in their names: Guinea, Equatorial Guinea & this one that contains the name of its capital
Guinea-Bissau
Amy
|
$1,600
[27]
This term for a volley from multiple rifles begins with "F"
a fusillade
|
$2,000
[8]
When he was born around 1162, Genghis Khan was given this name
Temüjin
Paul
|
$1,600
[11]
In 2016, hereleased the album "Blonde" alongside a zine called "Boys Don't Cry"
Frank Ocean
Amy
|
DD
$3,000
[7]
In a fantasy series:Dorne is in the south of it & the Haunted Forest, north of the wall
Westeros
Paul
|
$2,000
[18]
"H" is for this type of psychology that looks at individuals as a whole
holistic
Amy
|
|
$2,000
[2]
In 1974 under King Hussein, this country granted women the right to vote
Jordan
|
$2,000
[28]
This Russian word refers to sometimes fabricated material used to discredit an opponent
kompromat
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
This fort nestled between the Adirondacks & the Green Mountains was the site of a July 1777 siege
Fort Ticonderoga
Paul
|
$2,000
[12]
A '90s collective including Questlove & D'Angelo was called this, a portmanteau of soul & a word pertaining to a zodiac sign
Soulquarians
Paul
|
— | — |
In 1900 she told a Mr. Dobson, "Get out of the way. I don't want to strike you, but I am going to break up this den of vice"
Carrie Nation